cão

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"

Galician

Noun

cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas)

1. Alternative form of can

References

cão - Dicionário Estraviz

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cānum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkã.u/

Adjective

cão (plural cãos, feminine cãa, feminine plural cãas)

2. white-haired

   Synonym: cano

Descendants

• Galician: Cao
• Portuguese: cão

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Portuguese

cão (etymology 1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈkɐ̃w̃/, [ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈkɐ̃w̃/, [ˈkɐ̃w̃]

• Audio (Brazil, Center-West)

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• Hyphenation: cão
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese can, from Latin canis, canem, from Proto-Italic *kō (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (accusative *ḱwónm̥). Compare Galician can, Spanish can, Catalan ca, French chien, Italian cane, Romanian câine and Aromanian cãne.

Noun

cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas)

1. dog

   Synonyms: (Brazil) cachorro, (rare) perro

2. (colloquial, epithetic) the Devil.

Usage notes

In Brazil, cão is somewhat formal, and cachorro is the most common term in neutral or informal contexts.

Related terms

• canário
• canicho
• canino

• canzarrão
• cinofobia

Etymology 2

cão (etymology 2)

From Old Portuguese cão, from Latin cānus (“gray”), from Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas-. Cognate with Spanish cano.

Adjective

cão (feminine singular cã, masculine plural cãos, feminine plural cãs, comparable)

2. white-haired

   Synonym: grisalho

Etymology 3

Persian خان‎. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• cã (Brazil)

Noun

cão m (plural cãos)

1. (Portugal) khan

Further reading

• cão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt